Good stretch exercises for moms

Does anyone know of good stretches to do that helps with carrying a baby all the time? A video is even better. FTM (first time mom) here and LO (little one) is now 17 lb and I carry him, burp him, hold him on my left all the time. I’ve tried switching to the right but it just doesn’t feel good. A few days ago I woke up and couldn’t turn my neck cuz it was so jacked up. After a massage session and 3 chiropractor sessions I finally felt better. Then this morning I woke up and can’t turn my neck again. It literally feels like I have whiplash or a dislocated shoulder (but I don’t). I’m sure it’s from carrying him all the time and lifting him in and out of the crib a thousand times during the night. Help!!

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Upward and downward dog i think is the name of the one I like.
On your hands and knees. Draw your stomach and breath in while hunching your back up and tucking your head down.
Then arch your back while stretching your head and neck up and breath out.

I’m right there with you! 18 lb baby that I hold and carry on the left too.... I think PP (previous poster) is talking about cat/cow stretches in yoga. I do that everyday and it helps. You can also place your LO (little one) under you (between your hands), mine loves it. Downward dog is good too. I think lying on my back and dropping my knees to one side helps me a lot too. You could probably search on YouTube and they should have the yoga stretches I’d love to hear what helps others too!

Piliates saved my back years ago. I developed a bad back way back in the 90's. I started piliates in the early 2000 and was pain free for years. Stopped after birth and you guessed it my core went and back came the problems. Massive muscle spasms and a locked shoulder. My husband had to take three days of work just to hold the baby to my breast.

I am back on piliates now and feeling so much better after a few weeks. Free videos below. Word of warning go slow at the beginning. Take a few classes of you can (yea right we all have time for that). Keep your low back on the floor. If you arch it you can hurt it.

Piliates saved my back years ago. I developed a bad back way back in the 90...

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06/15/2018

Piliates saved my back years ago. I developed a bad back way back in the 90's. I started piliates in the early 2000 and was pain free for years. Stopped after birth and you guessed it my core went and back came the problems. Massive muscle spasms and a locked shoulder. My husband had to take three days of work just to hold the baby to my breast.

I am back on piliates now and feeling so much better after a few weeks. Free videos below. Word of warning go slow at the beginning. Take a few classes of you can (yea right we all have time for that). Keep your low back on the floor. If you arch it you can hurt it.

https://www.blogilates.com/begwocal18/

I did Pilates before I got pregnant.. but then I got lazy and stopped. I even have a reformer machine at home! I should get back to it after I recover from this injury.

I did Pilates before I got pregnant.. but then I got lazy and stopped. I even...

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06/17/2018

I did Pilates before I got pregnant.. but then I got lazy and stopped. I even have a reformer machine at home! I should get back to it after I recover from this injury.

If you get the right kind of physo now you should be able to start straight away. Piliates was developed for rehab when it was first invented. There are some good post C-section videos on YouTube. I started with them as I had a C-section.

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